Curtain-fixture.



0. DA'TTER. CURTAIN FIXTURE.

APPLIOATION FILED APB.27,1907.

Patented June 15, 1909.

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OSCAR DATTER, OF .ELIZABIULH, NEW JERSEY.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1909.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR Dx'r'rnn, a citizen of the United States,residin at Elizabeth, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Fixtures;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it pertains to make and use the same.

The object of my invention is to construct a pair of self containedcurtain fixtures, which may be permanently secured to a window casingfor the support of lace-curtains, window draperies, and the like, saidfixtures also containing means whereby the window draperies may beopened and closed and the supports for the same readily removed.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,Figure 1. is a perspective view of my improvements. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of theleft-hand fixture. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a portion of theright-hand fixture. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the right-handfixture, and 6 and 7 are perspective views of the rollers illustratingthe manner of securing the window drapery, for opening and closing thesame, and Fig. 8 is a modification.

Similar numerals of reference refer to like parts throughout thespecification and drawings.

The fixtures consist primarily of a pair of brackets l and 2, andinasmuch as the two brackets are substantially alike, a descrip tion ofone will serve as a description of the other.

The bracket consists of the back plate 3, perforated at 4- for thepurpose of securing the same to the Window casing. Projecting Iforwardly from the upper end of the back plate 3, is a flange or topplate 5, perforated at 6, for a purpose hereinafter to be described.Projecting latcrally also from the back plate 3 is the pole bracket '7,provided with the smaller socket 8 and the larger socket 9, eachsemicircular in cross-section as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2. The topplate 5 and the bracket 7 are connected by a connecting side plate 10.At the forward end of the support 7 is the forwardly and upwardlyextending flange 11, forming the open slot 12. The connecting plate 10is cut-away at 18 in the angle between the top plate 5 and the backplate 3, so that the small curtain pole 14 may be removed enr'lwise fromthe brackets when in position. It will be noted, also, that an openspace is left between the forward end of the top plate 5 and theforwardly and upwardly extending flange 11, so that the end of thelarger pole 15 may be lifted out of position. I have also provided anaperture 16 in the end plate 19 concentric with the half-round socket 9,so that an ornamental ball or head 17 may be secured by inserting itsscrew into said aperture and screudng the same home .into the end of thelarge pole 15.

Extending beneath the larger half-round socket 9, is a small bracket 18,for carrying the single roller 19, said bracket 18 being integral withthe rest of the structure. Projecting rearwardly from and integral withthe bracket 18 is the apertured lug 20 as shown.

The right-hand fixture 2 is, as heretofore described, suli stantiallythe same as the lefthand fixture 1, with the exception that the partsare reversed as shown. Instead of using a single roller 19 in theright-hand bracket, I use two rollers 21 and 22, the supports for saidrollers being vertically disposed flanges 23, extending downwardly fromthe support 7, directly beneath the socket 9. The apertured lug 20 alsoextends rearwardly from the bracket With the fixtures in position asillustrated in Fig. 1, if it is desired to completely close the spaceabove the curtains, and draperies, I may mount upon the upper plate 5the slat 24, utilizing the apertures 6 for the purpose of driving ascrew from beneath the upper plate 5 into said slat 2 1. I may alsoprovide a strip of molding 25 of any desired shape and configuration,extending the flange 26 of the same into the open slots 12, for thepurpose of supporting the same. l/Vith the molding 25 and the slat 2 1in position, it will be noted that the rollers and the interior parts ofthe fixtures will be practically obscured from view.

As a means for operating the draperies, to draw them open or closed, Ipass a cord 27 upwardly around the roller 22, across to the roller 19and then back to the roller 21, providing suitable loops 29 or othermeans of fastening for securing the adjacent edges of the drapery.

As illustrated in Fig. 6, when the cord 27 is operated in the directionof the arrows, the draperies will be drawn closed, such draperivalances.

ies being supported. as shown by the rings 28 upon the pole 15, and whenthe cord is drawn in the direction of the arrows, as shown in Fig. 7,the draperies will be open.

When the draperies are supported upon the pole as shown, I find itconvenient to carry the remote edges of such drapery outwardly andsecure the upper outer corners by means of pins, rings or otherwise, tothe 4 apertured lugs 20, thereby forming a permanent means for holdingthe outer edges of the draperies in position.

The pole 14 may be utilized for supporting lace-curtains, while the pole15 is designed for supporting heavy window curtains.

I Fig. 8.

l claim:

1. A curtain fixture having a back plate and a top plate at right anglesthereto, a bracket beneath said top plate having pole supporting socketstherein, all lying in the same horizontal plane, said bracket and topplate being integrally connected by a side plate.

2. A curtain fixture having a back plate and a top plate at right anglesthereto, a pole supporting bracket beneath said top plate and projectingforwardly from said back plate, said bracket having sockets therein, alllying in the same horizontal plane, said bracket and top plate beingintegrally connected by a side plate.

3. A curtain fixture having a back plate and a top plate integraltherewith, a pole supporting bracket projecting forwardly from said backplate and beneath said top plate, said bracket and top plate beingintegrally connected by a side plate for preventing longitudinalmovement of the poles, a pair of semicircular sockets in the upper sideof said bracket for supporting said poles therein.

4. A curtain fixture comprising a back plate, a top plate integraltherewith, a pole supporting bracket projecting forwardly from andintegral with said back plate and integrally connected by a side platewith said top plate, said bracket having sockets therein and a rollerpivotally secured to the forward end of said bracket.

5. A curtain fixture comprising a back plate, a top plate integraltherewith, a pole supporting bracket projecting forwardly from andintegral with said back plate, and integrally connected by a side platewith said top plate and a pair of rollers pivotally secured to theforward end of said bracket.

6. A curtain fixture, comprising a back plate, a top plate and abracket, a connecting plate between said top plate and bracket, anupwardly extending flange at the forward end of said bracket formingtherewith an open socket, a pair of pole supporting sockets upon theupper side of said brackets, an aperture in said connecting plate forpermitting the removal of a curtain pole from said fixture.

This specification signed and witnessed this th day of April, 1907.

OSCAR DATTER.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. Fiscnnn, C. A. ALLIs'roN.

